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Shoot to Kill. Ex-Harvard President Conant could not have picked a livelier classroom for his introduction to cold-war diplomacy, nor a fitter place for his first recitation. Day & night, the German Communists were drawing tighter 'their noose around West Berlin and piling up fresh woes for doughty...
The following is a list of the official rates of exchange per one U.S. dollar as of March 15. Country Rate Austria (Schilling) 25.83 Belgium (B. Franc) 50 Canada (C. Dollar) par Denmark (Krone) 6.89 Egypt (Pound) 2.89 England (Pound) 2.80 Finland (Mark) 232 France (Fr. Franc) 350 Germany (Mark...
In 1934 the officials of Austria's National Bank were looking for ideas on how to decorate a new issue of 50-schilling notes. They finally decided to use a picture of a sturdy little boy named Thorleif Capri, whose blond-curls and cherubic features seemed just the thing...
In Austria, a year ago, a carton of cigarets had been worth $100, and comfortable Vienna apartments had rented for two packs a month. A carton was still worth $15. But last week the Austrian Government had the schilling so well under control that real money was driving out cigaret...
In Vienna last week, the simple question took strange forms. The Russians promised that their exuberant flyers would stop using U.S. passenger planes for target practice; next day, they used U.S. airfield installations instead. The Red Army had seized the head offices of the Danube Shipping Co., while the U.S...